Chapter 4

I'm blinded momentarily as I roll over in bed and the sun hits my face, I groan and pull the covers over my face so it's dark again, I try as hard as I can but I can't get back to sleep, I'm too used to getting up early in the mornings, I sigh and throw the covers away from my body and walk towards the bathroom, I open the shower door and step in switching on the water, the warm water brings relief and helps wake me up, I grab my favourite strawberry scented shampoo and try to squirt some on my hands, the bottle is nearly empty and its all lying at the bottom, I shake and squeeze the bottle and too my dismay a huge pile of shampoo squirts out onto my hand, this is way too much and it's going to be hard to wash out but I don't want to just throw some down the drain that would be a waste and I hate wasting things, sighing I lather the shampoo between my hands and start to rub it into my hair and scalp, it feels heavenly and instantly relaxes me, after the shampoo is well rubbed in I step back into the water and begin to wash it all off, once my hair is washed I scrub my body thoroughly and dry myself with the only towel left in the hamper, its really rough and leaves my skin red and irritated when I'm finished, I grab jeans and a t-shirt and underwear out of my drawers and slide them on, now to dry my hair.

After 10 minutes with the hairdryer and brush my hair is finally dry and soft, heading downstairs to the kitchen I start to search the cupboards for some breakfast, I decide on a bowl of granola and grab a bowl from the cupboard along with some milk, as I sit at the kitchen island eating I glance at the calendar and notice that today is Sunday, this week has gone by so fast, I finish my granola and decide since it's a nice sunny day I'll do some shopping, I wash my bowl and put it away then head upstairs to put my shoes and a thin jumper on, as I'm looking for my key's my mobile starts to ring and I rush to answer it.

"Hello is that miss Anastasia Steele" a women asks.

"This this Ana, can I ask who this is" I ask back politely.

"Good morning Miss Steele it's Andrea here from Grey publishing, I'm phoning to let you know that we would like to offer the job" she tells me.

"Thank you very much, when would I be starting" I ask a little bit shocked.

"Is tomorrow ok for you Miss Steele" she asks.

"Yes tomorrows perfect" I answer without hesitation

"we'll see you then Miss Steele, please enjoy the rest of your day goodbye" she hangs up.

Well at least now I have something to shop for, I grab my car key's and head out locking the front door behind me, I put the radio on and pull out the driveway, the traffic seems light and as I travel through Seattle looking for a shop that will sell work clothes, I find a small shop and park in a space, the shop inside is small, clean and sells clothes suitable for working in an office, I look around the shop for a couple minutes and finally settle on two white shirts and two plain black skirts, I pay for them and exit the shop, I put the bags in the backseat of Wanda and jump in the driver seat, I drive through the streets towards the market to get something for dinner for jack and myself, I park outside the market and head inside, as I search the isles I decide pasta bake will be a good dinner as it will fill us up and its quick to make, so I grab a bag of pasta and a jar of pasta bake sauce along with some cheese, I pay and leave once again putting the bag in the back seat, I look at the time and gasp when I see it almost 5 o'clock, how did it get so late I think to myself, I quickly drive home and park in the driveway.

I enter the house and walk through to the living room, Jack is sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Hey sorry I'm a little late, I lost track of time, I got some pasta bake for dinner" I tell him while I remove my jacket and shoes.

"That's ok I'm not long in myself" he answers back.

I smile and head into the kitchen to start making dinner.

After supper we sit on the couch and watch some TV together, after a while I look at the clock and realise it half past ten shit I have to be up at six for work tomorrow, Jack notices me getting worried and asks what's wrong.

"Oh that's right I forgot to tell you, Grey Publishing phoned me today, I've got the job and I start tomorrow" I tell him

I notice an angry look flash into his eyes but it passes just as quick as it came.

"that's good, I hope you like working there" he answers.

"I think I will, I should get some sleep so I'm not too tired in the morning though" I say

"ok I'll stay up a while longer, night honey" he says

I smile and walk up stairs, I open my drawers and pull out a shirt, skirt and my tights as well as finding some clean underwear and a pair of flat pumps, I fold them on the chair and hop into bed, I close my eyes and try to roll over, I gasp in pain as that feeling down below comes back, I lay there waiting for it to pass, once it does I relax and make a mental note to phone the doctor at some point because of my pains, and then I fall into a dreamless sleep.